This Week in Google with Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Feb 23rd 2022

This Week in Google 652

Stuck in the Jungle Gym

Galaxy S22 Ultra, Pixel 7 leaks, QAnon revealed, keyboards that hurt

Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.
Guests: Mathew Ingram
Category: News
  • Galaxy S22 Ultra hands-on.
  • Trump's social app launches.
  • Trump’s Truth Social’s disastrous launch raises doubts about its long-term viability.
  • First details of Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro come roaring out: 2nd-gen Tensor, new Samsung modem.
  • Meta Loses Top-10 Ranking by Market Value Amid Worst Month Ever.
  • Inside Facebook’s $10 Billion Breakup With Advertisers.
  • End of an era of ad targeting.
  • A resurrected bill troubles digital rights advocates and journalists.
  • Amazon’s Astro robot has been spotted in the wild... bringing people beer.
  • Who Is Behind QAnon? Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints.
  • Google Chat set to replace classic Hangouts for Workspace users next month.
  • Google releases new build of February’s Pixel 6 and 6 Pro update.
  • Google confirms Pixel 6 Wi-Fi issues, fix coming with March update.
  • Chrome ‘Lite Mode’ for Android will be removed next month with the Chrome 100 update.
  • Google Chrome’s password manager is adding a new section for notes.
  • Google Search dark theme goes fully black for some on the web.
  • Google introduces Roboto Serif.
  • ProgrammingFonts.org: Fonts for programmers.
  • Their bionic eyes are now obsolete and unsupported as the company that installed them dies.
  • Apple gives Siri a less gendered voice.
  • 3G Networks Are Shutting Down: How This Affects Your Devices.
  • Beijing Winter Olympics viewership drops to record low.
  • A keyboard that makes my hands hurt just looking at it.
  • Designers spend months making custom keycaps, then the counterfeits arrive.
  • Launch of Typefully to prettify Twitter.
  • Reddit Details Its 5 Community Values.
  • TikTok Can Circumvent Apple and Google Privacy Protections and Access Full User Data, 2 Studies Say.
  • Kazakhstan’s Internet Shutdown Offers Lessons for Russia-Ukraine Crisis.

Picks:

  • Mathew - Famed "marshmallow test" for kids debunked
  • Jeff - 13 'Challenges' That Prove Older Generations Were As Stupid As TikTok Teens
  • Ant - Andycine Lunchbox
  • Ant - Welcome to Earth
  • Leo - Zoom F3 Field Recorder

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