This Week in Google 673

• Google Begins Publicly Testing Its AR Glasses.
• Not paywalled: Google reportedly pauses hiring for two weeks to ‘review our headcount needs’.
• TikTok Begins Layoffs as Part of Potentially Far-Reaching ‘Reorganization’ Plan.
• HP Elite Dragonfly 13.5 Chromebook PC.
• New Pixelbooks were confirmed at Google I/O 2022, and we all missed it.
• How I revived three ancient computers with ChromeOS Flex.
• Ant got a new Pixel 6.
• Twitter-Musk trial on $44 billion deal set to begin in October after Musk loses effort to delay.
• OpenAI expands access to DALL-E 2, its powerful image-generating AI system.
• Alexa gets ready for Matter and a context-aware smart home.
• Thread gets an update ahead of Matter.
• Netflix Loses Nearly 1 Million Subscribers, Vows Rebound.
• Netflix Aims to Launch Cheaper, Ad-Supported Plan in Early 2023.
• Netflix Tests Another Way to Charge for Password Sharing.
• Cats can't stop watching 'Stray' and yes, there's a whole Twitter account about it.
• #duet with @syllygirl this ladys gonna put my kids through college #chef #fyp #nwo.
• Qualcomm launches wearable chips that may finally meet the moment.
• YouTube hires Rene Ritchie, a tech YouTuber and former iMore leader, as its new creator liaison.
• FCC chair proposes new US broadband standard of 100Mbps down, 20Mbps up.
• FCC Asks Mobile Carriers About Data Retention and Privacy Policies.
• Google Meet adding support for anonymous questions and poll responses.
• The new Google Wallet is starting to show up on people’s phones.
• Google Docs getting edit notifications that alert you to additions and removals.
• YouTube reduces Content ID appeal process from 30 to 7 days.
• Now Google Photos has a shortcut to help you find your screenshots faster.
• It’s ChromeOS now, not Chrome OS.
• Sand battery in Finland.
• Tesla AI Boss Resigns Creating More Problems For Autopilot.

Picks:

• Jeff - How ‘Old Country’ went from a Reddit story to a novel and Netflix deal.
• Jeff - History of user interfaces.
• Stacey - Woosh Air: Smart Air Filter.
• Ant - Adobe Max Registration Now Open.
• Ant - Thanks for supporting youth sports.
• Ant - Follow Ant on Instagram.
• Jason - The iconic Atari 2600 console gets the Lego treatment.

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Links

• Google Begins Publicly Testing Its AR Glasses
• Not paywalled: Google reportedly pauses hiring for two weeks to ‘review our headcount needs’
• TikTok Begins Layoffs as Part of Potentially Far-Reaching ‘Reorganization’ Plan
• New Pixel books coming and we all missed it!
• How I revived three ancient computers with ChromeOS Flex
• Twitter-Musk trial on $44 billion deal set to begin in October after Musk loses effort to delay
• OpenAI expands access to DALL-E 2, its powerful image-generating AI system
• Stacey's article: Alexa gets ready for Matter and a context-aware smart home
• Stacey's article: Thread gets an update ahead of Matter
• Netflix Loses Nearly 1 Million Subscribers, Vows Rebound
• Netflix Aims to Launch Cheaper, Ad-Supported Plan in Early 2023
• Netflix Tests Another Way to Charge for Password Sharing
• Cats can't stop watching Stray
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• Stacey's article: Qualcomm launches wearable chips that may finally meet the moment
• YouTube hires Rene Ritchie, a tech YouTuber and former iMore leader, as its new creator liaison
• FCC chair proposes new US broadband standard of 100Mbps down, 20Mbps up
• Google Meet adding support for anonymous questions and poll responses
• The new Google Wallet is starting to show up on people’s phones
• Google Docs getting edit notifications that alert you to additions and removals
• YouTube reduces Content ID appeal process from 30 to 7 days
• Now Google Photos has a shortcut to help you find your screenshots faster
• It’s ChromeOS now, not Chrome OS
• Sand battery in Finland
• How ‘Old Country’ went from a Reddit story to a novel and Netflix deal
• History of user interfaces
• Woosh Air: Smart Air Filter
• Adobe Max Registration Now Open
• Thanks for supporting youth sports
• Follow Ant on Instagram
• The iconic Atari 2600 console gets the Lego treatment