This Week in Google (Video)

• Techdirt Is Now Entirely Without Any Google Ads Or Tracking Code.
• Yes, Actually, The 1st Amendment Does Mean That Twitter Can Kick You Off Its Platform, Wall Street Journal.
• Klobuchar targets vaccine misinformation with Section 230 bill.
• Pixel 6 Preview: Here's What Google's First Smartphone Chip Can Do.
• Nikkei: Google Tensor is a 5nm chip and Samsung is handling production.
• Facebook disables accounts tied to NYU's research into political ads.
• Why Facebook's claims about the Ad Observer are wrong.
• 'It has to be known what was done to us': Natick couple harassed by eBay tell their story for the first time.
• Tencent cuts kids' playing time on flagship game Honour of Kings to appease Beijing.
• Google's 'time crystals' could be the greatest scientific achievement of our lifetimes.
• The App With the Unprintable Name That Wants to Give Power to Creators.
• Google+ class action starts paying out $2.15 for G+ privacy violations.
• Top German Court Says Facebook Must Inform Users About Deleting Their Posts Or Suspending Their Account, Explain Why, And Allow Them To Respond.
• Google takes legal action over Germany's expanded hate-speech law.
• Google founders have sold $1 billion in stock since May, the most since 2017.
• Amazon plans to cut waste following backlash over the destruction of unused products.
• YouTube bans Murdoch's SkyNews Australia for a week over COVID disinformation.
• YouTube's $100 million Shorts Fund to challenge TikTok goes live.
• Amazon's Covid Dilemma: Mandate Vaccinations and Risk Losing Warehouse Workers.
• Amazon will give you a whole $10 for your palm print.
• This $55 Amazon Smart Soap Dispenser is dumb as dirt.
• Seth Rogen Assures Fans He's Alive and Well After Hilarious TikTok Questions His Wellbeing.
• A PBS for the Internet? (Jarvis: No thanks)
• Biden Warns That The Next Kinetic War Will Be The Result Of A Cyberattack, Which Is Stupid.
• Google will kill off very old versions of Android next month.
• Chrome OS 92 rolling out: Redesigned emoji & picker, eSIM support, pre-installed Meet PWA.
• Google Chrome to no longer show secure website indicators.
• Chrome for Android becoming a 2FA security key for Google Account sign-in.
• YouTube 'Premium Lite' subscription offers ad-free viewing for less.
• August security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory images & OTAs live.

Picks:

• Jeff - 40 years since MTV launch
• Ant - LumaFusion updated for iOS
• Ant - Sign Up for the Wanderers Photo Workshop in NOLA
• Leo - Waze now lets you use Master Chief's voice as your guide
• Leo - MTV First Four Hours Remastered - 12am Saturday August 1st, 1981

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Mike Masnick

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• FBI and Australian police ran an encrypted chat platform to catch criminal gang
• In Response to Oversight Board, Trump Suspended for Two Years; Will Only Be Reinstated if Conditions Permit
• Facebook reverses policy protecting politicians from engaging in harmful speech
• Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) asks whether the Forest Service or the BLM can alter the orbit of the moon or the Earth in order to fight climate change
• Twitter Blue paid subscription service launches with special features
• How TikTok's algorithm seems to work
• WWDC 2021: What Apple's HomeKit strategy means for the smart home
• Biden revokes Trump bans on TikTok and WeChat
• FaceTime is coming to Android and Windows via the web
• Will Apple Mail threaten the newsletter boom?
• The 1619 Project
• Google boosts Android privacy protections in attempt to rival Apple
• Google News Showcase Targeted by Germany Antitrust Chief Andreas Mundt
• Google's new subsea cable handles data surge between US, Brazil, Argentina
• Android 12 Beta 2: Google's Privacy focus arrives with camera/mic shutoffs, dashboard, more
• Google unveils $99 Pixel Buds A-Series with upgraded connectivity, no volume swipe gesture
• Related: Google fixed the frustrating audio cutouts on Pixel Buds A-Series — Here's how
• Stadia is coming to Chromecast w/ Google TV and select Android TV devices on June 23
• Chromecast with Google TV update adds 'Stadia support,' improves Bluetooth latency, more
• June Pixel Feature Drop: Astrophotography video, Photos Locked Folder, and more
• Google pulls the plug on ARCore-powered 'Measure' app; no longer available to new users
• Google Nest Hub & Hub Max get a more feature-rich browser complete with keyboard
• Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a public utility
• Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge join forces to improve browser extensions
• Jeff Bezos and his brother will fly on Blue Origin's first human spaceflight with auction winner
• Is the viral banana-peel 'bacon' worth the hype? We made it, and we're not convinced
• Feds recover more than $2 million in ransomware payments from Colonial Pipeline hackers
• El Salvador becomes the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender after passing law

Picks:

• Stacey - Nanoleaf Element First Look
• Jeff - Oxford University Press to end centuries of tradition by closing its printing arm
• Jeff - Lego typewriter #1
• Ant - Grandpa's description of selfie he took in 1952 blows away the internet: 'A pioneer'
• Ant - Babyshark, no not THAT Babyshark
• Ant - PLANTastic POT HEADS

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

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• Judge throws out state and federal cases against Facebook
• Judge to FTC: you can't just say 'Facebook has a monopoly' - you have to define that.
• Stratechery analysis: "the real problem is that I don't think that Facebook has a monopoly!"
• Amazon says FTC chair should recuse herself
• Amazon reportedly pressuring suppliers for a discounted stake in their businesses
• Google, Microsoft End Their Five-Year Ceasefire
• Exclusive: 700 Million LinkedIn Records Leaked June 2021
• Why biologists like Carl Bergstrom are warning that social media is a risk to humanity
• Acer Chromebook 514 review: Undercover powerhouse
• Good news: Google no longer requires publishers to use the AMP format
• Google now warns people about unreliable or quickly changing search results
• Google delays FLOC
• YouTube TV Unveils Dolby Digital Support & Premium Add-on with 4K, Offline Downloads, and Unlimited Streams
• Google makes Gmail advanced search more obvious
• Google Play developers will need to follow two requirements
• Google Begins Using MUM For Vaccine Search Results
• Google Messages now lets you star messages so you can find important texts
• German privacy tsar tells ministries to shut Facebook pages
• Stacey's Pick: Amazon Halo Movement updates
• Leo's Pick: Neeva is an ad-free search alternative from ex-Googlers
• Jeff's Pick: Accenture news report on newspaper revenue decline
• Ant's Pick: Life Reflected
• Ant's Pick: This Is American Lives

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

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John McAfee, Peloton, Bitcoin

• COBOL Developers Wanted: Matt Cutts Discusses Working with the US Digital Service
• The bureaucracy of Government Meetings
• John McAfee Found Dead in Spanish Prison Cell
• NYT hit piece on Pichai for being too thoughtful
• What Has Google Done Lately?
• Google Sleep Tracking Has Helped Stacey
• Tech Giants, Fearful of Proposals to Curb Them, Blitz Washington With Lobbying - The New York Times
• Industry groups send letter opposing anti-tech legislation
• Klobuchar suspicious of Matter
• When an Eel Climbs a Ramp to Eat Squid From a Clamp, That's a Moray - The New York Times
• Squatch Films Bold. Innovative. Stinky.
• Galaxy Chromebook Go launches w/ 14-inch display, Intel Celeron, more
• A CCTV Company Is Paying Remote Workers in India to Yell at Armed Robbers
• Hyundai acquires controlling stake in U.S. robotics firm Boston Dynamics for $880 million
• In Argentina, cheap government-issued netbooks sparked a musical renaissance - Rest of World
• Peloton Tread owners now forced into monthly subscription after recall
• Don't Piss Off Bradley, the Parts Seller Keeping Atari Machines Alive'
• Samsung is 'reimagining smartwatches' at its MWC event on June 28th
• Texas homeowners startled by "hijacked" thermostats
• China to shut down over 90% of its Bitcoin mining capacity after local bans - Global Times
• South African Brothers Vanish, and So Does $3.6 Billion in Bitcoin
• Google Changelog: New classroom capabilities for Chromebooks
• Warren Buffett resigns from Gates Foundation, donates $4.1 billion

PICKS

• Stacey: Paced walking on Google Fit
• Leo: Brave Search
• Jeff's Number: Half of Apple's commission comes from people spending $450+/month
• Matt: You Think You Know Me card game
• Ant: Wanderers Photo Workshop

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Matt Cutts

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• Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show.
• Facebook sent flawed data to misinformation researchers.
• Instagram's Met Gala 2021 Table Took the Best Class Photo With Meg Thee Stallion, Saweetie & More.
• Announcing the 2021 Ig Nobel Prize winners.
• Intuit is buying Mailchimp for $12 billion to focus on small businesses.
• Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell posted their own take on TikTok's a cappella 'Grace Kelly' challenge.
• How to watch the Inspiration4 launch, SpaceX's first fully private mission to space.
• Amazon boosts hourly pay to over $18, to hire 125,000 workers.
• Amazon to pay full college tuition for front-line employees.
• Amazon Launches Its First TVs: Fire TV Omni Series with 4K Ultra HD.
• Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says it's 'hard to argue' its retail business is a monopoly.
• Amazon CEO Andy Jassy: 'It's still early days for us in media'.
• The next Big Tech battle: Amazon's bet on healthcare begins to take shape.
• Amazon gives Kindle e-readers a rare user interface overhaul.
• Update Google Chrome Immediately.
• South Korea Fines Google for Abusing Smartphone Dominance.
• Otherworldly 'time crystal' made inside Google quantum computer could change physics forever.
• Google's voice assistant in new EU antitrust investigation, MLex reports.
• Germany's 'sovereign cloud' is coming—and it's provided by Google.
• Google finishes laying a giant undersea internet cable stretching 3,300 miles from New York to the UK and Spain.
• Google hypes the Pixel 6 in Japan with bag of 'Google Original [Potato] Chips'.
• Google hosting 'Search On' 2021 keynote later this month.
• Hands-on with Google Assistant Driving Mode's long-awaited home screen UI.
• Google Photos will now ship individual prints directly to your door.
• Google search is finally officially getting dark mode on desktop.
• Area 120's 'Museletter' turns your Google Docs, Sheets, & Slides into paid newsletters.
• Google now lets you ask to join 'Pixel Superfans' with a simple sign-up form.
• Google One quietly adds 5TB storage plan for $24.99/month following Photos changes.

Picks:

• Stacey - Luci for making power wheelchairs smart
• Jeff - 12 billion doses in arms are required to get the majority of adults vaccinated. We stand at about 5.5 billion & have been averaging 1 billion/month
• Jeff - Pixel Buds Series A
• Jeff - Back to the office
• Ant - Wanderers Photo Workshop Moved
• Ant - Dry Bar is Underrated and also Greg Morton

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

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