TWiG 622: Rocket to Hawaii - Alphabet earnings, Facebook Metaverse, Blizzard protest, Mystery Soda Machine

Alphabet crushes Q2 earnings estimates as Google Cloud cuts losses, grows 54%

Sundar Pichai: Fall Pixel line showcases Android 12 & 'deep tech investments,' touts long-term strategy

Samsung will announce new foldables on August 11

How Google Cloud plans to kill its 'Killed By Google' reputation

Why is China smashing its tech industry?

NYC to Shanghai in 40 minutes: SpaceX's goal for point-to-point space travel

Galène videoconference server

Facebook announces Metaverse product group headed by Instagram VP Vishal Shah

Who will own the metaverse?

The Metaverse: What It Is, Where to Find it, Who Will Build It, and Fortnite

Activision Blizzard Employees Are Walking Out in Protest

State AGs will appeal loss in Facebook case

Facebook to limit ads children see after revelations Australian alcohol companies can reach teens

Bezos offers to cover $2 billion in exchange for NASA contract

Google pushed a one-character typo to production, bricking Chrome OS devices

Olympics Broadcaster Announces His Computer Password on Live TV

Elon Musk confirms Tesla will not offer a regular steering wheel on new Model S/X

Mystery Soda Machine

Privacy Sandbox Timeline

Faster and more efficient phishing detection in M92

Google Drive will let you block other users to stop potential harassment

Here's what that Google Drive "security update" message means

Google Assistant rolling out 'Fast checkout' shopping, powered by Duplex on the Web

'Backup by Google One' is Android's new unified backup system

YouTube creators can now apply to test the Stadia Crowd Play Beta

Android Studio Arctic Fox is now available w/ Wear OS pairing and Jetpack Compose

Google's vision of Android development is finally realized with Jetpack Compose 1.0

Twitter 'acqui-hires' the team from a subscription news app, Brief

Twitter pilots a new shopping section for brands

Twitter posts fastest revenue growth since 2014 in pandemic rebound

Twitter reveals a surprisingly low two-factor auth (2FA) adoption rate

Picks:

Jason - My LIkes playlist in YouTube Music

Leo - YouTube TV for Olympics in 4K

Kevin - John Peel sessions

Kevin - Hyperland by Douglas Adams

Ant - Nine Nasty Words by John McWhorter

Ant - Some Disagree and I Get it, But...

Ant - I can't stop laughing at this

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Ant Pruitt, and Jason Howell

Guest: Kevin Marks

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