This Week in Google (Audio)

Google Debit Card, Zoom Burnout Google is working on a debit card to rival Apple card Google posts testing center maps Zoom burnout is now a thing Microsoft: how to preserve privacy while tracking COVID-19 Amazon shuts down 6,000 accounts for price gouging Twitter tried to tell us that the government is spying on you. A judge just said they can't. Tubi is mining credit bureaus to target ads at you Palantir will track COVID-19 for Trump Is Twitter good again? Fortnite on Google Play Stuntmen on Twitter Picks of the Week Leo's Tool: How-To: Data Tracking for a Sourdough Starter - Twilio Stacey's Thing: Folding@Home on a Pi Jeff's Numbers: Twitter discovers White Castle paté Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsor: ZipRecruiter.com/worktogether

Apple & Google's COVID-19 Tracking: How It Works Google starts the 'Journalism Emergency Relief Fund' to support local news in the COVID era Haircuts in the coronavirus era Where can you get a coronavirus test? How to make sure the coronavirus news you are getting is true How Apple & Google's coronavirus contact tracing plan will work Taco Cabana is like Taco Bell, but with margaritas Google Classroom takes Italy schools online Google will build its own chips for Chromebooks and phones iPhone SE and iPad Magic Keyboard available now! Rating the celebrity Zoom calls The return of Karsten Cam! Tik Tok hits 1 billion, Quibi hits 1.7 million WHO releases tips app Verizon hits 800 million calls per day, internet traffic also way up Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsor: WWT.COM/TWIT1

Coronavirus Experts, Zoom Security The COVID Tracking Project All the best coronavirus experts Twitter links in one place Steak-Umm Twitter gives the best coronavirus advice We need responsible coronavirus journalism How should we design apps to track coronavirus? Google Stadia launches free tier at the perfect time Zoom brings in Alex Stamos to help them with security Thank God for the Net! UK Judge: Google must give a ranking algorithm to SEO expert Scientists pledge to be open about their coronavirus data Google is working on autocomplete for speech Facebook Tuned is a new way for couples to flirt Samsung Galaxy Chromebook is gorgeous, but has a terrible battery and is way too expensive Quibi launches at the perfect time Former TV Guide Reviewer Jeff Jarvis reviews John Krasinski's Some Good News Google Stadia Pro free for 3 months Stacey Higginbotham explains the new super-fast Wi-Fi 6E 6Ghz Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsor: itpro.tv/twit2

Best Zoom Backgrounds, April Fools Canceled! Spiffing up your work from home video with Zoom, Prezi, and Sesame Street Siva Vaidhyanathan wins Zoom backgrounds Rating the media's work-from-home setups What do we want the world to look like after coronavirus? April Fools is canceled: Google forgoes its traditional April Fools jokes What happened to Adrian Lamo? A TWiT true-crime podcast Facebook pledges $100 Million for local news outlets hit by the coronavirus Amazon fires strike organizer Microsoft announces that they will keep their conferences virtual through 2021 Apple is the new Microsoft - Apple buys Dark Sky and shuts off Android app Hangouts is staggering under load A deep dive into how weather forecasting works in America Google Drive folder structure will change in September Wyze updates security cams so you can use them as webcams How to set up your point-and-shoot camera as a webcam Amazon and Walmart cut off Buzzfeed's affiliate marketing deals Astrophysicist coronavirus inventor gets magnets stuck up nose Picks of the Week Leo's Tool: Zotero Stacey's Thing: The Hidden Girl and The Paper Menagerie Jeff's Numbers: Romance via drone Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsors: mintmobile.com/twig LastPass.com/twit

This week's stories Google I/O is canceled, unless they want TWiT to do it for them We rate the media's work-from-home setups Google's COVID-19 page The HUGE privacy debate that coronavirus has brought up We craft the perfect coronavirus tracking law Tracking coronavirus through Kinsa In this time of crisis, we need to listen to experts This Week in Virology Amazon and other big tech companies are using coronavirus to take over the world How much bandwidth capacity can we add? Why don't we ban targeted advertising? Jeff vs Leo and Stacey Picks of the Week Leo's Tool: Google Podcasts Stacey's Thing: Wyze Band and Scale Jeff's Numbers: Conference Call Bingo Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsors: WWT.COM/TWIT mintmobile.com/twig

Today's Stories: Jeff Jarvis' list of who to follow on Twitter for expert advice on coronavirus Zeynep Tufekci on masks - they are not perfect, but they help. Google under coronavirus: pausing chrome updates, security issues Musk defiant: Tesla factory stays open despite shelter-in-place orders Charter makes workers come in Coronavirus patent trolls vs open-source medical supplies NBCUniversal offers streaming first-run movies - from movies to diapers to toilet paper, direct-to-consumer industries are thriving Amazon hiring 100,000 workers, increasing pay, as all other industries collapse Facebook, Reddit, Google, Twitter, YouTube fight coronavirus misinformation The EARN-IT Act will kill encryption and Section 230 Jeff Jarvis fixes Facebook's coronavirus spam filter Reporters Without Borders create the Uncensored Library in Minecraft Pixar founders win $1 million Turing prize Picks of the Week: Jeff's Number: Virtual Choir x 3 Stacey's Thing 1: Teach your kid science Stacey's Thing 2: Sourdough: A Novel at https://amzn.to/2UgWVOm Karsten's Quarantine Tip: Stuck at home? Take Harvard's FREE Intro to Computer Science course! Leo's Tool: Around Next-gen video calling Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsor: HealthIQ.com/twig

This Week's Stories: Coronavirus: Harvard kicks all students out of dorms with less than a week's notice Coronavirus: cancellations - E3 and NAB canceled, SXSW may go bankrupt, NBA and NHL will play to empty colosseums Coronavirus: reactions - is paranoia the wrong answer? Coronavirus: is it even possible for most people to telecommute? Coronavirus: White House goes to Big Tech to ask for help to fight Coronavirus and stop misinformation Coronavirus: YouTube demonetizes all content mentioning Coronavirus Coronavirus: Australian newspaper prints blank pages to use as toilet paper Is it time to stop buying Android phones? Pixel 4a leak: starting at $399 Android vs iPhone - security, environmental impact Pixel 3a, Pixel 4a: Google makes some darn fine cheap phones Anthony Levandowski ordered to pay $179 million to Google, declares bankruptcy Tulsi Gabbard's $50M suit against Google dismissed Swedes fine Google 7M Euros. Google plans to appeal and search couch cushions for change. Spain is fine with Google. Facebook adds two women to its board; now 40% female, 30% black Sweden passes law to spy on anyone anywhere Locate X: where cops go to buy your location data without a warrant The EARN IT Act will kill internet encryption. IT MUST BE DEFEATED. Leo's giant ham New Chromecast with Android TV coming soon! Olallieberry, marionberry, blackberry, and other great pies Adam Mosseri: Facebook "serves as an s***-umbrella" for Instagram Amazon sells its "just walk out" tech to airport vendor OTG Amazon Music's "My Soundtrack" station is terrifyingly accurate Verizon launches Yahoo! Mobile MVNO. DO NOT BUY! Picks of the Week: Leo's Tool: Thermomix Ant's Good Stuff: My OTHER Uncle Mac Stacey's Thing: Nodle Cash Jeff's Numbers 1: Nielsen Investigation: "Pandemic Pantries" pressure supply chain amid COVID-19 Fears Jeff's Numbers 2: Hamsterkauf Hoarding Numbers Coronavirus Tool: Is It Canceled Yet? Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsor: ZipRecruiter.com/twig

This Week's Stories Coronavirus: Should SXSW be canceled? Should Seattle be quarantined? Coronavirus: Don't touch your face. Don't shake hands. Don't lick your ballot envelope. King County Official Coronavirus Guidance Recommendations Stadia is failing because Google is Google Fishal recognition: Google Tidal is a new moonshot tracking fish migration patterns Google re-invests in Waymo Android One is in shambles Pixel Drop March update: new gestures, emoji, AR effects, and more Twitter under siege: activist investor wants Jack Dorsey out Twitter is testing "Fleets," their own version of Instagram Stories Libra is dying off Daily Caller added to Facebook fact-checking Verge poll finds that Techlash is a Myth Update: South Carolina weatherperson uses Facebook Live filters, apologize Picks of the Week Jason's Tool: You can now jailbreak an iPhone with an Android phone Ant's Good Stuff 1: Record Box Loft Helping Local Photographers Ant's Good Stuff 2: Jason Miller's shoot (@jasonmiller1981 on Twitter) Stacey's Thing: Helium Router Jeff's Numbers 1: Amazon removes 1m products for virus gouging, lying Jeff's Numbers 2: Where to buy Amazon and Walmart returns in bulk Jeff's German Word of the Week: Der Hamsterkauf: from the verb hamstern, which means "to hoard or panic buy," since hamsters are known for filling their cheeks with food. It's used to describe the panic buying or hoarding that occurs during times of widespread fear or concern. Hosts: Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, Ant Pruitt, and Jason Howell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsors: linkedin.com/TWIG LastPass.com/twit

This week's stories Get yourself some Stroopwafels at https://amzn.to/2w5siD9 San Francisco declares state of emergency over coronavirus WHO says coronavirus cases may have peaked and plateaued in China Google starts announcing I/O 2020 ticket winners Google removes 600 apps for annoying ads Google will stop labeling pictures as "man" or "woman" Trying to trick Amazon Go with a banana Facebook bans fake coronavirus cures YouTube not bound by First Amendment Weather reporter accidentally broadcasts with Facebook filters on Trump asks the Supreme Court to back Oracle over Google Google warns against sideloading its apps on Huawei phones What are your smart speakers recording by accident? Verizon will still sell the Pixel 5 Google moving data out of UK for Brexit Is Twitter real life? Twitter tries to fight misinformation, adds "continue thread" Clearview AI hacked, all clients and searches stolen Samsung "1" Find My Mobile data breach Dunkin' Bag of Bacon Mike Bloomberg busted for paying for tweets, but Facebook is fine with it Swiss law forbids liking hate speech EU to staff: use Signal TSA bans employees' Tik Tok use Gmail blocks malware with AI Musicians Copywrite every melody possible Intuit buys Credit Karma Bruce Schneier joins Tim Berners-Lee's internet alternative startup Creator of the Konami code dies at 61 Picks of the week Leo's Tool: Smithsonian Open Access Ant's Good Stuff 1: RIP Katherine Johnson Ant's Good Stuff 2: What My Grandfather Said: Finally Got 'Em Mathew's Stuff: NSA phone surveillance program cost $100 million and yielded one major investigation Jeff's Number: Andreessen Horowitz a16z Marketplace 100 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Mathew Ingram Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsors: expressvpn.com/twig HealthIQ.com/twig

This Week's Stories COVID-19 fallout: IBM quits RSA, Sony quits PAX East COVID-19 fallout: will this year's new game consoles be delayed? COVID-19 facemasks work with Face ID Samsung Galaxy Chromebook coming April 6th Jeff Jarvis: "I don't have a Corvette, I have a Chromebook." Who needs a $1000+ Chromebook? Android 11 Developer Beta Hands-On Preview Pixel 5 Leak - Real or Fake? (hint: faaaaaaaaaake) Samsung Galaxy Z Flip - worth the $$$$? Beyond Foldable: TCL shows a concept with a slide-out screen Samsung Galaxy Z Fold coming this summer Google might start paying publishers for news Wendy is mean: "Brand Twitter" normalizes Twitter trolling Google falls behind in AR? Google kills free Station Wi-Fi program Bookbot rises from the grave! Return your library books with this Google robot Mark Zuckerberg blow-dries his armpits Alphabet's Makani energy kites crash Reminder: if you signed up for the free Stadia Founders Edition trial, it's not free anymore Stadia coming to more than just Pixel phones Australian judge: leaving a bad review on Google is illegal Hosts: Jeff Jarvis, Ant Pruitt, and Jason Howell Guest: Kevin Tofel Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsor: mintmobile.com/twig

Get Stacey's Thing SLAY at https://amzn.to/2vpaD99 and Tweet Cute at https://amzn.to/2HfrQ7A Mobile World Congress 2020 canceled due to Coronavirus fears Essential shuttered Google head of HR steps down The US charges Chinese military officials with hacking Equifax Huawei is "definitely spying on us" - US Sprint / T-Mobile merger passes another hurdle All the ways Coronavirus is affecting tech Samsung Galaxy Z Flip: the first great foldable, or the next big flop? FTC investigates Google acquisitions German Man's proposal shows up on Google Maps Epic Twitter thread: Amazon ships the wrong box, over and over Nest requires 2-factor for all accounts to satisfy California IoT law Facebook's Twitter account gets hacked Should Clearview AI be allowed to scrape your face? Wacom tablets track the applications you open - moral panic or privacy violation? Is Spotify going to destroy podcasting? Google files OS trademark "Pigweed" Google adblocker bans non-skippable preroll ads Google bans 3rd-Party cookies Bill Gates doesn't buy a hydrogen yacht Fill out the TWiT Survey!: twit.to/survey20 Picks of the Week: Leo's Tool: Justine Haupt's Rotary Cellphone Ant's Good Stuff: Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story on Netflix Stacey's Thing 1: Tweet Cute Stacey's Thing 2: Slay Jeff's Number 1: Google finds 6 needs states in search Jeff's Number 2: Bezos buys Geffen mansion in LA for $165 million Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.

This Week's Stories: YouTube cuts off Clearview AI face recognition Google sent private videos to strangers Google shuts down Chinese offices over Coronavirus DOJ vs Google Iowa Caucus Kerfuffle Google Q4 2019 Earnings: YouTube makes you $15 billion/year How big do you have to be to be a monopoly? Olivetti: shutting down the first personal computer Google's Assembler can tell if an image has been photoshopped How to hack Google Maps traffic ZTE quarantines their Mobile World Congress staff Spotify buys The Ringer Hear the Canterbury Tales read by Terry Jones Sale of .org held up The new emoji for 2020 Hummer electric 2020 Philips Hue hack Google's open-source two-factor security key Picks of the Week: Ant's Good Stuff #1: A Personal Black History Month Recognition Ant's Good Stuff #2: Belton by Alison Ashley Darby Stacey's Thing #1: Camect Stacey's Thing #2: Ruby Chocolate Jeff's Numbers: Amazon 150m Prime members Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsors: zapier.com/TWIG HealthIQ.com/twig LastPass.com/twit

This Week's Stories: Google I/O coming May 12th Why Facebook's 'Off-Facebook Activity' privacy tool isn't transparent enough Is Amazon sending people stuff before they ask for it? Are you being remotely controlled? Do Google's ads look like search results? Google's tenth attempt at unified messaging (and second Slack clone) will surely succeed iRobot CEO: privacy doesn't sell An open letter to Google on privacy and crapware Google wants to make you cry at the Superbowl What your Ring doorbell really shares Avast anti-virus sold all your data to Home Depot Google wants to charge the cops for your data US Interior Department makes Chinese drones illegal Nunavut tracks ransomware bitcoins UK will not implement EU meme ban Ben Smith moves from Buzzfeed News to the New York Times Tech in 2020 slide deck: Benedict Evans lays out the trends Samsung's next folding phone leaks Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.

This Week's Stories: Alphabet reaches 1 Trillion Dollars Sonos Speaker Update Angers Leo and Stacey Changing Expectations on Home System Updates The State of NJ Has a Twitter Account Local Newspaper and Radio is the Victim of the Internet Jeff Bezos's Phone Hacked by Saudi Crown Prince Facial Recognition is Just the Tip of the Iceberg Greenwald Charged with Cyber Crimes Grammy Face Allegations Google Now Offers Rubrics Google's New Apps to Reduce Screen Time Picks of the Week: Leo's Tool: Wiki Software Stacey's Thing: Casper Glow Jeff's Numbers: Preview of Sage Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsor: mintmobile.com/twig

This Week's Stories: CES 2020: Tech for Seniors isn't just health tech CES 2020: Health tech CES 2020: Climate Change Fighting Tech CES 2020: Tech firms need to grow up CES 2020: Not everything needs to be smart CES 2020: Fitbits for dogs CES 2020: Dog translator CES 2020: Trash and Treasure at Eureka Park People trust Google more than religious leaders COPPA breaks YouTube. Copyright trolls kill YouTube creators Google will drop 3rd party cookies in 2022 Aura Portable Personal Scanner Google will let you record your calls soon Instagram calls Photoshop "Fake News" Facebook still allows anti-vax ads Amazon vs Honey is the tip of the privacy iceberg Twitter will never let you edit your tweets Twitter will let you limit who can reply to your tweets Twitter is thinking about tips Picks of the Week: Ant's Good Stuff: Patty Mattes photography for an animal shelter Stacey's Thing: Travelling heating pad Jeff's Numbers: Google about to hit trillion-dollar valuation club Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsors: HealthIQ.com/twig linkedin.com/TWIG zapier.com/TWIG