This Week in Google (Video)

By TWiTNews Technology Tech News

This Week in Google (Video) episodes

October 07, 2020TWiG 580: Non-Flying and Gregarious - Huge Antitrust Case - Google vs Oracle - Facebook Bans QAnon
Huge Antitrust Case - Google vs Oracle - Facebook Bans QAnon
(Democratic) Congress releases its antitrust case against Big Tech. The TWiG panelists have a huge fight over it. Cries of "moral panic" abound.
TikTok Dreams of Cranberry Juice Longboards
TikTok passes Instagram to become #2 in the hearts of teens.
Alexis Ohanian starts Oda: a speaker company and a content company with live performances and subscriptions
Talking about consent in IoT
This is the case that never ends... it just goes on and on my friends...
Pixel 5 does not have the Pixel Neural Core... or Soli
Google plans to pay publishers a billion dollars
Facebook finally bans QAnon, will ban political ads after the election
The Google Changelog: G Suite = Google Workspace | ugly new logos | Live View improves | RIP Beauty Filter | Google adds "Stories"| Google WiFi is back | Samsonite Jacquard Backpack | CRISPR | Black holes
Half the atoms in the planet could be digital data by 2245
Delicious mealworms in the world's most expensive bug farm
Picks of the week
Stacey's Thing: Nest Audio
Jeff's Number: In UK TikTok = half of FB in three years
Ant's Stuff: Debunking Sunday's $2 Bill Discussion on TWiT
Ant's Stuff 2: National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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.
Sponsors:
LastPass.com/twit
Melissa.com/twit
twilio.com
2 hr 30 min
September 30, 2020TWiG 579: Leo By a Nose - Pixel 5 Event, Amazon Echo Event, Taco Bell Quarterly
Pixel 5 Event, Amazon Echo Event, Taco Bell Quarterly
Google's Pixel 5 event disappoints
Sonos sues Google for multi-room audio patent infringement
Google TV: available yesterday!
Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 are pretty ok.
Hold For Me is the killer app for the Pixel 5
Pixel 4a 5G should have been called Pixel 5a
The new Google TV doesn't work with Stadia. WTF?
Nest Audio is a speaker that exists
Google turns 22. Yay.
Comparing Leo and Jeff's schnozzes
Pixel 5 camera features look nice
When the heck is the DOJ going to sue Google?
Google is so mad at Australia they hired a comedian to talk about busses and restaurants
Farmville will finally die at the end of the year
40 Bit Gaming is a cool newsletter for older gamers
You can play Myst in VR now. Ant's all like, "What is Myst?"
Facebook stops pretending that Instagram and WhatsApp are separate things
Leo explains why you shouldn't get a contractor to do your home wifi, and why you shouldn't do it yourself
Amazon's 2020 hardware event: Flying cam, car cam, ball Echo
That time Stacey broke her nose
Staceysplaining Amazon Sidewalk
The new Echo devices have an AZ1 Machine learning chip
Amazon's new car alarm will warn you when you are towed
Amazon's flying security cam brings the moral panic
Robots that hang from the ceiling like bats
Ransomware Coffeepot
Wyze is our favorite smart stuff maker
Excerpts from the new Taco Bell Quarterly
Stacey is mad about hard Topo Chico
Starlink Internet helps Washington firefighters
perma.cc is Harvard Library's way to save websites forever
Amazon One wants to know your palm
Stacey's Thing: Cloudflare Radar
Jeff's Number: @jack donates $10m to Kendi's anti-racism center
Ant's Stuff: Get The Photographer's thought process behind popular photos

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.
Sponsors:
ZipRecruiter.com/twig
twilio.com
2 hr 21 min
September 23, 2020TWiG 578: Find the Cat - Pixel 5 Rumors, TikTok Drama, DOJ vs Google
Pixel 5 Rumors, TikTok Drama, DOJ vs Google
Pixel 5 coming September 30th. Here's what to expect.
Is the Pixel 5 the last Pixel phone?
The TikTok saga continues. First Amendment battles, Chinese recalcitrance, and the worst possible deal
US DOJ is going after Google. What will they focus on?
What trackers should we be afraid of?
How can the left and the right come together, and how can tech help?
Is the Pixelbook dead? What should we buy instead?
Why Google+ Died
China's 100-year plan vs America's new plan every week
Can you find the cat?
Casey Newton leaves The Verge - is this another harbinger of the coming federation of media?
Quibi is up for sale
The IG Nobel Awards
Leo's Tool: Blacklight – The Markup
Leo's Tool 2: The Ultimate Techade Quiz
Mike's Thing: Scrolldit
Jeff's Number: Old TV caused village broadband outages for 18 months
Jeff's Number 2: In Memorium: Wes Thorp
Ant's Stuff: Canon Webcam Utility Out of Beta for Windows Users
Ant's Stuff 2: Adobe Max Speakers Announced

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Mike Elgan
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Sponsors:
twilio.com
Wasabi.com offer code TWIT
2 hr 48 min
September 16, 2020TWiG 577: But Can It Do Network Segmentation? - Facebook Smart Glasses, TikTok Saga, Nvidia Buys ARM
Facebook Smart Glasses, TikTok Saga, Nvidia Buys ARM
Pixel 5, Chromecast, and Nest Homecoming September 30th
What is LaCrOS? Decoupling Chrome OS from the Chrome browser
Meet vs Zoom vs Skype: Which is better?
What people look like on Zoom vs what the rest of their room looks like
Nvidia buys ARM for $40 Billion
Google Fiber goes to 2Gbps
Facebook's AR smart glasses are Ray-Bans
Oculus Quest 2 is Facebook's only VR headset
Microsoft Duo Review - it's not a phone, it's a Smurface
The TikTok saga gets funnier by the minute - Trump says he may not sign the deal
Amazon opens 1000 local delivery hubs
Fitness+, Paramount+, TWiT+
Amazon is opening invite-only luxury stores
Kim Kardashian leaves Facebook and Instagram (for a day)
Amazon offering $1000 signing bonus
Stripe offers employees $20,000 to leave San Francisco and take a 10% pay cut
The newest American Girl Doll is an 80s girl Pac-Man champion
Google Changelog: Duo for Android TV | Meet 7x7 grid | Waze lane guidance | ChromeOS handwriting recognition | Google Advance Protection | Home 'presence sensing' | Duo screen sharing
Tips and Picks
Leo's Tools: Baratunde Thurston's new podcast "How to Citizen"
Cory Doctorow
Duty-Free inventor gives away $8 Billion
Stacey's Things: Firewalla Gold Review
Yonomi
Olisto
Jeff's Number: Bessemer releases its investment memos for many companies: Twillio, Twitch, Pinterest, etc.
Ant's Stuff: What ZDNet Did For My Confidence

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.
Sponsors:
twit.cachefly.com
ZipRecruiter.com/twig
2 hr 22 min
September 09, 2020TWiG 576: Stardenburdenhardenbart - California is Burning, Android 11, Chip IoT Standard
California is Burning, Android 11, Chip IoT Standard
California Fires: Götterdämmerung in real life
Android 11 Update - get all your messages in one place
Phone screens of the Future: Projectors and Glasses
Glob: Your phone will convey who you are to the world
Android 11 permissions auto reset
Leo tries not to lose his faith in technology
Chip: Apple, Amazon, and Google create an IoT standard
Playing Doom on a Pregnancy Test
Will Chip solve Leo's IoT Nightmare?
Steve Gibson's IoT security solution- trust nothing
IoT Security Cage Match!
NextDNS protects Leo from malware - Comcast does this as well
Google is tracking you and using that data to recommend you videos
YouTube's algorithm is better than Amazon's
The new emojis are here!
Yellow Pages rathole
If you need consent on YouTube, tweet about it
Stanford Cable TV News Analyser
Amazon bans foreign sales of plants
Amazon's fake reviews - use Fakespot
Amazon is the world's biggest pyramid scheme
Snowflake is the hot new company
Microsoft wins JEDI: Jeff Bezos is Sithed off
Should Woodward have saved the COVID tapes?
Google Changelog: Verified Calls | Carnac the Magnificent | Google Podcasts adds Cast button
Leo's Tool: Trader Joes Cacio e Pepe
Stacey's Thing: IFFFT Pro
Jeff's Number: The Sit-In - Harry Belafonte hosts the Tonight Show
Ant's Stuff: Clean HDMI-Out On Your Mobile Phone with Filmic Pro
Karsten's Mask: 3M TEKK Protection Full Face Respirator

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:
Melissa.com/twit
2 hr 52 min
September 02, 2020TWiG 575: Thank You, Chad - Google Town, India vs PUBG, Remembering Chadwick Boseman
Google Town, India vs PUBG, Remembering Chadwick Boseman
Herman Cain tweeting from beyond the grave, Walking Cat banned - WTF is going on at Twitter?
@VCBrags calls it quits after one exec was accused of running the account
Will Microsoft and Walmart buy TikTok? When?
Would you like to live in Google Town?
Google might pull fediverse android apps to block hate speech
Public restrooms are a source of aerosolized COVID
Should Google's ads be regulated like the stock market?
Google is developing the perfect fingerprinting/cookie system
Facebook threatens to block news from Australia
Russian trolls use deep fakes on Facebook
The origin of Patreon; Patreon tops $1 Billion
Spotify abuses Joe Budden
India bans PUBG
The third richest man on earth wants to wire your brain
Moral Panic over misinformation | cats | QAnon | Screen time | sex and social media |
The Google Changelog: Google Doodle on Android | Google Maps Traffic Lights | birthday reminders | kids space for tablets | Google/Apple COVID tracing API without an app | Pay for Parking in Austin | Lenovo's Assistant-powered clock | Local news in Assistant and podcasts
FBI investigating reports of a guy in a jet pack over LAX
Ant Pruitt talks about growing up with Chadwick Boseman

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.
Sponsors:
LastPass.com/twit
monday.com/TWIT
2 hr 57 min
August 26, 2020TWiG 574: The Right to Be For Scottin - Bezos Hits $200B, Palantir IPO, Trump vs Twitter
Bezos Hits $200B, Palantir IPO, Trump vs Twitter
Jeff Bezos, the 200 Billion Dollar Man
Palantir files for IPO; flips off Silicon Valley
How much government secrecy is too much government secrecy?
Verily is getting into insurance for health insurance
Google to block heavy ads
Oculus Connect renamed to Facebook Connect
Facebook requires Oculus users to log in via Facebook
Donald Trump asks the Supreme Court to let him block Twitter users
Border Patrol claims the right to collect electronic data and keep it for 75 years from all citizens within 100 miles of the US Border
Why college students should take a gap year in 2020 and what they should do with it
Trader Joes has cacio e pepe, and other pasta tips
The Scottish Wikipedia is written by an American in broken English
Zoom day is the new snow day
Why boys are doing better than girls in quarantine
Picks of the Week
Leo's Tool: Audible Plus
Stacey's Thing: S'moresUp
Stacey's Thing 2: THE CORPORATION FROM ALIEN SHARES ITS REOPENING PLAN
Jeff's Number: Tech 5 account for 20% of stock market value
Jeff's Number 2: Forty
Ant's Stuff: DJI Osmo Mobile 4
Ant's Stuff 2: Guest appearance on He Shoots He Draws podcast
Karsten's Mask: A.I.R. SoloTM Personal UV Respirator
Karsten's Mask 2: Leather ALIEN Facehugger Mask

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:
Wasabi.com offer code TWIT
2 hr 22 min
August 19, 2020TWiG 573: Australian for Leistungsschutzrecht - Facebook vs QAnon, Trump vs TikTok, Google vs Australia
Facebook vs QAnon, Trump vs TikTok, Google vs Australia
Google's deprecation policy is killing it.
Google goes to the Australian public for help after the government blocks snippets
The Internet War is over, and Google won
What if Facebook dies?
Why America should kill TikTok
Twitter changing Retweet to "Quote Tweet"
Testing the new 6Ghz bandwidth 5G spectrum
Spot robot now caring for patients in hospitals
German princess gets her drunk rants taken off of Google
Trump praises QAnon as Facebook moves to block them
Zoom comes to Google Nest Hub, WebEx comes to
The Pine Phone ultra-secure Linux phone and the Obama Phone for low-income folk
GPT-3 AI-generated blog post hits the front page of Hacker News
Zombie pigs!
Ryan Renolds sells Aviation Gin for $610 million
Mint Mobile Plus has the best movie selection any streaming provider
DNC 2020: The YouTube Convention
The Google Changelog: Google Duo --> Google Meet | Multi-room Nest audio | Google AI hardware in new hands | Google Travel COVID info | Google Maps detail | Android 11 vs camera choice | Activity Cards in Search
Picks of the Week:
Stacey's Thing: Firewalla Gold: Multi-Gigabit Cyber Security
Jeff's Numbers: Amazon adds 3,500 jobs
Ant's Stuff: Adobe Max Registration
Ant's Stuff 2: An amazing content creator and an amazing maker
Karsten's Mask: Handmade leather mask from MereLeather in Ukraine. Very comfortable comes with paper filters, or you can use your own n95 inserts.
Karsten's Mask 2: YouTuber builds gun that shoots masks onto people's faces

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.
Sponsors:
GetRoman.com/TWIG
monday.com/TWIT
twit.cachefly.com
2 hr 29 min
August 12, 2020TWiG 572: Cafe Ground Zero - Trump vs. TikTok and Tencent, Microsoft Surface Duo, Twitter Limits Replies
Trump vs. TikTok and Tencent, Microsoft Surface Duo, Twitter Limits Replies
Sarah Cooper: Google UX designer, Tik Tok star
Trump vs. TikTok: what does it all mean?
Trump's Tencent ban makes Reddit, Tesla, and Spotify illegal
Rate Stacey's Zoom background
Trump vs. TikTok part 2: where does our data go?
Microsoft announces Surface Duo
Lucid Air electric car
New Jersey Supreme Court says the police can make you unlock your phone
Twitter rolling out reply-limiting feature
"Meeterial" Design: Google pushes Meet into everybody's faces
Why are there no ads on TechDirt?
US opens 3.5Ghz band to consumer use - this could seriously help out 5G
Happy Birthday IBM PC
Boeing 747s are still updated via 3.5 Floppy disk
Vaporwave's mini-boom of 3.5 floppies
Alamo Drafthouse offers private theater rentals
Sleepover at the final Blockbuster
Genius lost their suit against Google because they don't have standing
Verily steps into the COVID testing arena
Amazon wants to launch 3,236 satellites
Amazon wants to take over JC Pennys
Jarvis' entire history of media and journalism in 45 minutes
Google Changelog: Google Lens homework filter | Google Search adds 3D molecules | Google Phone beta app for all | Earthquake alerts | Google Lookout | A bunch of new Android updates | Google profile cards
Picks of the Week:
Stacey's Thing: DONATE BLOOD
Jeff's Number: Dreyer Stet Game
Ant's Stuff: Jett Fuel Java
Karsten's Mask: GIZDA FAce Shield
Karsten's Mask 2: Essential Mask Brace

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.
Sponsors:
monday.com/TWIT
Melissa.com/twit
WWT.COM/TWIT
2 hr 14 min
August 05, 2020TWiG 571: The First Rule of Pixel Club - Tik Tok+Microsoft+Trump, Samsung Galaxy Unpacked
Tik Tok+Microsoft+Trump, Samsung Galaxy Unpacked
Here's everything Samsung announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2020
X PRIZE $1M Next-Gen Mask Challenge
We spend as much time on the Pixel 4a announcement as Google did.
Twitter hack "mastermind" arrested: 17-year-old Florida teen had access to all your Twitter info.
Why Trump is mad at Tik Tok, and why Microsoft wants to buy them
Why Tik Tok videos are the most important artform of 2020
The growing use of Instagram as a news source
Samsung is still pushing Dex with a Microsoft integration
Bye, Bye Bixby - Samsung doesn't mention it at Unpacked 2020 as its founder leaves the business and Google moves in
Here's everything Samsung announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2020
More 5G bandwidths are on the way
Twitter patches bug in Android 8 and 9 versions of the app
TIL: Animals lick their fur to get Vitamin D
Get rid of gas: chew better and season with epazote
Why Google bought a big chunk of ADT
The Google Changelog: Yahoo kills community captions | Nearby Share | RIP Google Play Music | Google Camera 7.5 | Google live-captioning Google Pay digital bank accounts | new Gboard suggestions | Free Stadia Pro games | Don't talk about Pixel Club!
Google offers $10 million bond

Picks of the Week:
Leo's Tool: Avocado Mask and Shirt from Abrazos in San Miguel De Allende
Stacey's Thing: BraveTarts
Jeff's Numbers: 1/3-1/2 of biz travel will go away because Zoom
Ant's Stuff: Inexpensive photo hack
Karsten's Mask: 3D Printed Mask with Filters - comes custom printed in many colors
Zak's College Fund: Analogue Pocket on eBay

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.
Sponsors:
ZipRecruiter.com/twig
LastPass.com/twit
monday.com/TWIT
2 hr 29 min