This Week in Google

Richard Branson reaches space on Virgin Galactic flight
BBC plays cricket with Sundar (video)
Google (GOOG:US) Fined $593 Million By French Antitrust Agency
Ben Evans tweet re amount of fine v....

Trump sues big tech, Pentagon cancels JEDI contract, Russian hackers
Trump sues Facebook, Google, Twitter, Dorsey, Zuckerberg, Pichai.
It Can Always Get Dumber: Trump Sues Facebook, Twitter &...

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...

John McAfee, Peloton, Bitcoin
KOBOL Developers Wanted: Matt Cutts Discusses Working with the US Digital Service
The bureaucracy of Government Meetings
John McAfee Found Dead in Spanish Prison...

Can Disinformation Be Stopped?
Lina Khan Named F.T.C. Chair by Biden
Proposed antitrust bills would ban Apple from preinstalling its own iOS apps
Regulator v regulator: German government cooperates...

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...

Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet with neighbors
New UK Cookie Guidance changes everything
Google diversity head in 2007: Jews have 'insatiable appetite for war'
Trump blog...

Amazon to acquire MGM Studios for $8.5 billion
Butter Pat Industries Cast Iron Skillet
A deep dive into Google I/O's smart home news
Google is releasing Fuchsia OS, starting w/ 1st-gen Nest...

Google sends the Blob Opera on tour, starting with extremely fun show at I/O
Google and Samsung unite to reboot Android watches, with a dose of Fitbit too
12 Google Workspace updates for better...

Project CHIP gets a new name and so does the Zigbee Alliance
With Tile deal Amazon's Sidewalk network just became more interesting
US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack
Google...

Google offices upon return: Privacy robot bubble walls, individual air, box lunches, no shuttles
How Basecamp blew up
Google Is Saving Over $1 Billion a Year by Working From Home
Pichai teases...

Google Earnings Smash Sales Records as Digital Ad Market Booms
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google became big tech companies by acquiring hundreds of smaller companies
Google Cloud brings in $4B in...

Club TWiT details
Nobody is flying to join Google's FLoC
Reuters website goes behind a paywall in new strategy
Google Ads policies
The 15 Most Trusted Brands Globally
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Celebrating Johannes Gutenberg
Google announces Pixel 5A 5G by denying rumors it's canceled
Google Pixel Watch Leaks With Dazzling Looks To Challenge Apple - Watch
Samsung's third Unpacked event of...

Google vs Oracle, Google IO 2021, Nest Hub 2 Review, OnePlus Watch Hands-On
Supreme Court sides with Google in Oracle's API copyright case.
Google I/O 2021 will be virtual and free to attend from...

How a full moon and a 'huge lever' helped free Ever Given from Suez canal
Substack is raising $65 million amid newsletter boom
LinkedIn confirms it's working on a Clubhouse rival, too
Spotify...

How to TikTok
All about Formula 1 racing
Google Will Not Run FLoC Origin Tests In Europe Due To GDPR Concerns
In 2020, Two-Thirds of Google Searches Ended Without a Click
Boat Blocking Suez Canal...

New Google Nest Hub tracks sleep without wearables, cameras
What Really Happened at 'Reply All'?
Podcasting Is Booming. Will Hollywood Help or Hurt Its Future?
The State of Podcast Listening for...

What the heck are these NFTs all about?
$10K for a virtual shoe? NFTs are here to create more sneakers you can't get
Performance artist eats $120,000 banana duct-taped to wall, calls it...

Pre-Techlash era & background to the Techlash
How did the election of Donald Trump usher in the TechLash? How did Big Tech respond?
Is there a new kind of honesty and transparency for big tech...