This Week in Google (Video)

Investing in creators vs debt, Wirecutter boycott, end of call to cancel

• Slow Ventures.
• A Former Facebook VP Thinks Investing in Humans Is the Future of VC.
• Investing Directly in People Is the Future of VC. Here's How to Do It.
• Life Capital 2021: The Future of The Professional Creator Ecosystem.
• Wirecutter Thanksgiving strike and boycott is on.
• Citadel CEO Kenneth Griffin Outbid a Group of Crypto Investors for Copy of U.S. Constitution.
• Niantic raises $300M at a $9B valuation to build the 'real-world metaverse'
• Mouse jigglers are a thing.
• Pokemon Go Creator Niantic Launches Bitcoin-Hunting AR Game.
• The end of "click to subscribe, call to cancel"? One of the news industry's favorite retention tactics is illegal, FTC says.
• A Robot Wrote This Book Review.
• The unbearable fussiness of the smart home.
• Locked out of "God mode," runners are hacking their treadmills.
• Google Pixel 6a will run on a Tensor chip, but a lesser camera than Pixel 6.
• Android Auto and Pixel 6 won't play nice, but Google is working on a fix.
• The Pixel 5 could have actually been good if Google's chip plans had worked out.
• iMessage Reactions Will No Longer Annoy Android Users Thanks to Emoji Change.
• Google Store Black Friday 2021 deals are now live in the US, Canada, Europe, Australia
• Google Stadia is celebrating its second birthday with hardware for free or cheap
• You can now pre-order the 2nd-gen Pixel Stand from Google, ships next month
• Samsung to Choose Taylor, Texas, for $17 Billion Chip-Making Factory.
• Casper's return to private life isn't a canary for DTC companies going public.
• Jeff Jarvis: The Times treats an iPhone as a luxury. I hate to break it to them, but I think many people would say that these days a subscription to The Times is a luxury.
• Jay Last, One of the Rebels Who Founded Silicon Valley, Dies at 92.

Picks:

• Stacey - Thanksgiving Piecaken.
• Jeff - What is your state's favorite Thanksgiving dish? Google shares popular searches in the US.
  

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Sam Lessin

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• Google results: profit doubles.
• Facebook results: Profits jump 17%.
• Twitter Gains 5 Million Users in Q3, Grows Revenue 37% Despite Apple's iPhone Privacy Change.
• Microsoft beats revenue expectations, reporting 22% growth.
• Apple's ad changes wiped $142 billion off Snap, Facebook, and other online ad giants.
• Facebook says it's refocusing the company on 'serving young adults'.
• British MP's death intensifies calls for an end to online anonymity.
• Eight Things We Learned From the Facebook Papers.
• FB's cringey Open Enrollment video.
• Pixel 6 Pro reviews are in.
• Google Built the Pixel 6 Camera to Better Portray People With Darker Skin Tones. Does It?
• Android 12 is so last week: Meet Android 12L, now in developer preview.
• Android 12L could vastly improve mobile apps on Chromebooks. Will it?
• Surface Duo 2 Bumper review: Stupidly expensive, but also way better.
• Google sought fellow tech giants' help in stalling kids' privacy protections, states allege.
• Google Takes Up to 42% From Ads, States Claim in Lawsuit.
• Richmond Bridge proves Jarvis is not insane to be bridge-phobic!
• Google's Stadia Pivots To Being Some White Label Game Streaming Platform For Others To Use.
• Google TV is reportedly 'a top priority' w/ higher partner payments than Roku offers, new ad push.
• Leaked email allegedly shows that Google did ask Roku for special search treatment for YouTube.
• Comcast introduces its own smart TV with its own OS.
• Amazon Fire Smart TVs Now For Sale; Soon to Include Apple AirPlay.
• Exclusive: Billionaires back new media firm to combat disinformation.
• Google Chrome is working on combining tab groups and bookmarks, and we don't like it one bit.
• Google adds an 'app drawer' to the Nest Hub, proving once again that smart displays are just fancy tablets.
• Google is now accepting requests to remove images of minors from Search results.
• Various upgrades to Gmail.
• Google expands Pixel's Call Screen feature to these 7 countries, rolling out now.

Picks:

• Jeff - Moderation scale numbers
• Jeff - 20 years of the iPod
• Jeff - Indexing the creator economy
• Ant - Wonder Years Reboot.
• Ant - He Didn't Get the Record
• Ant - How to Make Money While You are Sleeping: A Photographer's Guide to Passive Income – And Other Savvy Business Strategies by Rick Sammon
• Mathew - For the Price of a Tesla Model S, You Can Buy a Flying Car That Doesn't Require a License
• Jason - Google defends the Android 12 'Internet' QS panel, details future Pixel Feature Drop tweak
• Jason - Jason's first Movember

Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Mathew Ingram

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• Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Facebook's annual AR/VR conference.
• Related: Microsoft Teams enters the metaverse race with 3D avatars and immersive meetings.
• Zuckerberg's Meta promises a 'future' these video games delivered years ago.
• Facebook teases 'Project Cambria' high-end VR / AR headset.
• Ant's time with the Pixel 6 Pro and the camera system.
• Google warns that 'high demand' for Pixel 6 Pro has heavily delayed shipping, the retail stock is scarce.
• Zillow, facing big losses, quits flipping houses and will lay off a quarter of its staff.
• Google is turning on two-step verification for a lot of personal accounts.
• EEOC Launches Initiative on Artificial Intelligence and Algorithmic Fairness.
• Email is 50 years old, and still where it's @.
• Waymo cars are coming to NYC to train autonomous vehicles, manual driving only for now.
• Spain adopts EU copyright law, paving way for Google News to return.
• Google News to return to Spain.
• Australia also wants Google to unbundle search from Android.
• Calling Gina: Microsoft launches Google Wave.
• Elon Musk Says Tesla Hasn't Signed Contract With Hertz Despite Earlier Announcement.

PICKS:

• Stacey - Flic Twist: The Wireless Dial for your Smart Home.
• Jeff - Taco bell wedding.
• Jeff - Turns out Taco Bell weddings are a thing.
• Jeff - "I make the best mac n cheese".
• Ant - FLOSS Weekly has been on fire!
• Ant - Andre Mack Playlist on Bon Appetit.
• Jason - Chromecast with Google TV promo with Netflix.
• Jason - Donate to my Movember.

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

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• andela.com/for-companies
• twit.cachefly.com

• Google Store moves up shipping dates for some following Pixel 6 ordering chaos.
• Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro Have Big Screens, Big Ambitions, and Small Prices.
• Google aims to double smartphone output with new Pixel 6.
• 'Super Pumped': Uma Thurman Joins Showtime Anthology Series As Arianna Huffington.
• Samsung Unpacked 2: Samsung's bringing back that Moto Maker magic for custom Galaxy Z Flip3 colors.
• Google Smart Home Developer Summit 2021.
• Is Apple's M1 Max really the fastest laptop chip ever?
• Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name.
• Coding with eyes.
• Sticky business: Ransomware hits U.S. candymaker ahead of Halloween.
• The podcast business is booming, but few are making money.
• The real number of the week: 1m for Salt_Hank.
• Does Social Media Turn Nice People Into Trolls?
• Dead-End SF Street Plagued With Confused Waymo Cars Trying To Turn Around 'Every 5 Minutes'
• Google's Biggest Moonshot Is Its Search for a Carbon-Free Future.
• Amazon and Starbucks held talks about launching a cobranded lounge that combines cashierless Go stores with a café.
• Amazon's private labels.
• 'I quit' - Reddit users are posting angry resignation texts to their bosses on an 'anti-work' subreddit.
• This Is What Jack Dorsey's Cryptic '705742' Tweet Might Mean.
• Android 12 is now rolling out to Pixel phones.
• Say hello to better phone calls.
• New 'Assistant voice typing' in Gboard lets you dictate, edit text hands-free.
• Pixel 6 can 'Live Translate' your messages, images, and transcribed audio locally.
• Google's 30W charger for Pixel 6 is a $25 add-on, Pixel Stand sequel is delayed.
• Google modernizes US mobile search results with continuous scrolling.
• Gmail compose UI getting a slew of web updates: New contact menu, thread name edits, more.
• Free YouTube Music tier going audio-only as video watching becomes Premium perk.
• Chrome OS 94: Natural Select-to-speak voices, scanning in Camera app, more.

Picks:

• Stacey - Meet the Raspberry Pi Build HAT: create with Raspberry Pi and LEGO Education
• Jeff - AI knowledge of human ethics
• Ant - This Is American's Live Host Now on SNL
• Ant - DJI Ronin 4d.
• Ant - Congrats, #hardhead

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

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• stripe.com
• Command Line Heroes - TWIG

• Taco Bell launches Taco Lover's Pass subscription nationwide with 30 days of tacos for $10.
• You can safely ignore Web3 by Mike Elgan.
• Web .0000012 by Jeff Jarvis.
• My first impressions of web3 by Moxie Marlinspike.
• Signal: New year, new CEO.
• Casey Newton: How Signal is playing with fire w/untraceable financial transactions.
• 'Second time lucky?' FTC's case against Facebook can move forward, federal judge rules.
• After ruining Android messaging, Google says iMessage is too powerful.
• Why Apple's iMessage Is Winning: Teens Dread the Green Text Bubble.
• Samsung no-showed on its major Exynos 2200 launch and won't say why.
• Samsung Electronics to Unveil Exynos 2200 AP on Launch Day of Galaxy 22.
• Cat on a hot satellite dish: Elon Musk's Starlink antenna hits surprise problem.
• Why is Zynga worth a whopping $12.7 billion? (Hint: It's not FarmVille).
• 500M Avira Antivirus Users Introduced to Cryptomining.
• Wordle - A daily word game.
• Google loses Sonos patent case, starts stripping functionality from speakers.
• An open letter to YouTube's CEO from the world's fact-checkers.
• Worst of CES: Right-to-repair name and shames terrible tech.
• Third-Party Software for Teslas Can Be Hacked, German Teen Says.
• E3 shifts to online-only event because of Omicron concerns.
• About 70 S.Korean attendees of U.S. tech show test positive for COVID-19.
• US man claims his penis has shrunk due to rare Covid side effect.
• When Axel Webber Was Rejected from Juilliard, TikTok Stepped In.
• Marques Brownlee: My Pixel 6 Pro has slowly gotten so buggy since launch in October that I can no longer recommend it at $900.
• Google rolling out Android 12L Beta 2 for Pixel phones.
• Google details changes to Speaker Group controls & device setup following Sonos ruling.
• Pixel Launcher 'At a Glance' widget gains doorbell camera previews, more.
• Now you can learn what's new in each Google Play system update for Android.
• Google launches Ripple, an open standard that could bring tiny radars to Ford cars and more.
• The Associated Press is starting its own NFT marketplace for photojournalism.
• The Athletic: Good for the Times, a potential disaster for local news.
• "Aw, screw it": LAPD cops hunted Pokémon instead of responding to robbery.
• We're Giving Wyze Person Detection to All Users at Whatever Price You Want.

Picks:

• Mike - Chatterbox is the only smart speaker that meets EDUCATIONAL and PRIVACY standards
• Jeff - Most populous time zone
• Leo - Morgan Stanely out with quite the note on the idea of the mobile metaverse
• Ant - A great time on Behind the Shot TV with Steve Brazill and Don Komarechka
• Ant - #hardhead Modeled for Me and Jefferson Graham at Balmy Alley

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Mike Elgan

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